The lineup for DealBook Summit 2024
On Wednesday, DealBook will be live and in person at our annual summit in New York.
Andrew takes the stage around 9 a.m. Eastern, and the first conversation will start soon after. The DealBook team and reporters from The Times will be reporting live from the conference.
Even if you are not with us, you can follow along here beginning around 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
Here are the speakers in order of appearance (the conversations that will be livestreamed on NYTimes.com are noted in parentheses):
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Ken Griffin, the founder and C.E.O. of Citadel
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Sam Altman, the co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI (livestream)
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Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion and managing partner of Serena Ventures
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Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States and author of “Citizen: My Life After the White House”
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Jerome Powell, the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (livestream)
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Alex Cooper, the host of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and founder of the Unwell Network
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David Ricks, the chair and C.E.O. of Eli Lilly, and Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
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Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, the co-founder of the Archewell Foundation and chief impact officer of BetterUp
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Sundar Pichai, the C.E.O. of Google
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Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, and Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, C.W.A., A.F.L.-C.I.O.
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Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, and the founder of Blue Origin (livestream)
What to watch: The buzz, fears and questions around artificial intelligence, and the billions of dollars pouring into its advancement; the future of politics, media and political fund-raising; new weight-loss drugs and their potential impact across industries; trade wars; China-U.S. relations; interest rates; private spaceflight; and the evolution of the labor movement — these topics and more will be covered by Andrew as he talks with some of the biggest newsmakers in business, politics and culture.
There will be plenty of questions about an uncertain world. President-elect Trump has promised to disrupt the status quo in every corner of government. What will this mean for the independence of political institutions? What’s in store for global trade alliances in a world that embraces more protectionist policies? How will these shifts affect business, the economy and the markets? What does this reveal about who stands to gain on Wall Street, in Washington, and in Hollywood?
Looking elsewhere, what guardrails, if any, should be placed around powerful A.I. technologies? What do new attacks on corporate D.E.I. programs mean for chief executives and their corporate policies?
(More on what to expect below.)
HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING
South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach the president as a deepening political crisis roils stocks and the currency. Lawmakers in Asia’s fourth-largest economy on Wednesday submitted a motion to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol after he briefly imposed martial law, setting off widespread street protests and spooking investors. Shares of Samsung, Hyundai and national banks fell sharply, as did the South Korean won, but recovered after the finance ministry, central bank and regulatory agencies pledged “unlimited” support to stabilize the foreign exchange market. An impeachment vote could come as early as Friday.
Donald Trump reportedly weighs changing his pick for defense secretary. The president-elect is considering tapping Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to replace Pete Hegseth, according to The Wall Street Journal. Hegseth’s candidacy has been under fire after accusations that the Fox News host had mistreated women. Separately, Sheriff Chad Chronister, Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, withdrew his name from contention on Tuesday.
France’s government is on the brink of collapse. Opposition lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday on a no-confidence motion after Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed through a budget bill this week, adding further volatility to the fragile bond market in the country’s economy. President Emmanuel Macron of France has pleaded with lawmakers to reject the move, but far-right and left-wing parliamentarians are expected to bring down the government.
Amazon unveils an artificial intelligence supercomputer using its own chips. The tech giant said on Tuesday that it would open the U.S. facility, and that Anthropic, the A.I. start-up that Amazon has backed with billions of dollars, would use it. The move is the latest sign of how the company is looking to break its dependence on Nvidia, whose chips dominate the A.I. market. Amazon also announced that Apple was a new customer for its chips.
Some things we’d like to cover with our speakers
SAM ALTMAN, C.E.O. AND CO-FOUNDER OF OPENAI
JEFF BEZOS, FOUNDER OF AMAZON
ALEX COOPER, THE HOST OF THE “CALL HER DADDY” PODCAST
SERENA WILLIAMS, TENNIS CHAMPION AND INVESTOR
BILL CLINTON, FORTY-SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
JEROME POWELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
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